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Got a terrific school library web site?

Got a terrific school library web site? Does your site need a pick me up? Or a complete make-over? Get some inspiration from your colleagues web sites and share your own great examples on the new SchoolLibraryWebSites wiki spearheaded by Joyce Valenza (Pointing to effective practice, join the wiki!)
The wiki has examples of:

Elementary, Middle School [...]

Banned Book Week at the Unquiet Library

Buffy Hamilton, Roxanne Johnson and Tammy Beasley have done a great job transforming their library (Creekview High School, GA) for Banned Book Week. The windows are wrapped in brown paper and books covered with “Do Not Read” covers.  Take a look at the full set of pics on flickr.

K-12 Hot Topic Technology Webinars

Check out these free webinars from Project Tomorrow® and T.H.E. Journal for those interested in K-12 IT issues:

Aug 19 Mobile Devices within Instruction    
Sep 16 Digital Content    
Oct 14 Web 2.0 and Education    
Oct 28 21st Century Skills    
Nov 11 Top 10 Trends in Student Learning with Technology    
Dec [...]

FAQs not rules!

This is terrific – instead of a list of library rules The Unquiet Library has Frequently Asked Questions. Buffy Hamilton created a fun slide-based mini-orientation that is included in their  library research guides for specific classes. Take a look at the guide for an 11th grade English class as an example.

Buffy is using LibGuides to [...]

Upcoming School Library Workshops

It’s almost August and it finally feels like summer. And for me August is full of workshops for school library media specialists.

WSWHE BOCES SLS

August 6 – Wikis and Blogs
August 7 – Digital Storytellling
August 27 – Google Greats
For more info and registration

Oswego & OCM BOCES SLS

August 12 & 13 – Tech Camp in [...]

KidLib Camp 2009 – August 13

Don’t miss this unconference! KidLibCamp – for librarians interested in youth service in school & public libraries.
KidLibCamp 2009 is a place for youth services librarians to get together and talk about topics that are important to serving children in school and public libraries. KidLibCamp is an unconference that asks participants to share their [...]